This is an issue that has been brought up by a couple of readers a while back, in that what ethnicities are the people in The Agartes Epilogues are, exactly? Well, the short answer is that it’s there, in the books. They’re Jinsein, or Kags (or Hafed or Baidhan, if you want to be specific), or …
Very little is known of Caiso’s past other than that he stepped off the docks from Ni’in one afternoon and began asking for the Boarshind, where he quickly assumed position as an officer. He is known to be quick-witted, and just as quick with his sword; a good friend, a bad enemy, and the sort …
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Tetsung is the youngest son of Magga alon gar Shoho, one of the leading rice merchants of Western Jin-Sayeng. His family’s estate–which mostly consists of about three hundred oxen square of rice fields–are situated in the Sougen plains, north of Fuyyu. The Shoho family is an old, proud family, one of the first to stake out …
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Warlord Yeshin is introduced in Book 2, Aina’s Breath. Warlord of the Oren-yaro lands, he was actually born the youngest son and did not know he would inherit the title until late into adulthood. This meant that Warlord Yeshin grew up mastering skills meant to support his brothers–swordsmanship, archery, horseback riding, and soldiering. When he found himself …
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I‘ve been busy the past couple of days working on the final map to be included in Sapphire’s Flight. Just a sneak peek (still a lot to be done): I’ve actually been putting off on drawing this map just because of how large and complex the Empire of Dageis is. Ironically, it is the first nation in The Agartes …
